The King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood
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Two years have now passed since the last edition of "King of Fighters" Tournament, accomplished in 1997: after Orochi was sealed by the joint forces of Kyo Kusanagi, Chizuru Kagura and Iori Yagami, all the fighters returned to their normal lives. But suddenly, a mysterious host decided to reopen the tournament and have been sent serial invitations to the most powerful fighters. But there are many secrets surrounding this happy-hour fighting clash, as the apparent disappearance of Iori Yagami and a remote distrust behind this unknown sponsor: that he would be using the championship to accomplish secret operations involving (maybe) the Orochi power...
This title marks the first installment of King of Fighters Series on Nintendo's 32-bit handheld. It brings a lot of gameplay characteristics based in both KOF Evolution (most of the graphic stuff and principally both "Striker" System and backgrounds, now represented by a static 2D frame instead of the original 3D ones) and KOF 2000 (the musical repertoire).
Besides the traditional game modes (Team Play, Team Battle, Single Play, Single Battle, Endless Survival and Survival Time Attack), this game marks too the debut of a new-exclusive female character named Moe Habana.
With the permanence of 3 on 3 combats (plus Striker Attacks) and the introduction of a new female fighter, the main cast is composed by:
- Hero Team: Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido, Moe Habana and Shingo Yabuki
- Fatal Fury Team: Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Mai Shiranui and Joe Higashi
- Art of Fighting Team: Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, King and Yuri Sakazaki
- Ikari Team: Leona Heidern, Ralf Jones, Clark Steel and Whip
- Psycho Soldier Team: Athena Asamiya, Sie Kensou, Bao and Chin Gentsai
- Korea Team: Kim Kaphwan, Chang Koehan, Choi Bounge and Jhun Hoon
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Average score: 76% (based on 17 ratings)
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Average score: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 12 ratings with 1 reviews)
One of the better GBA fighting games
The Good
The game takes a lot from KOF 99'. The Menus, stages, and sprites are all similar. The sound effects work good (keep in mind this is one of the earlier GBA games) There is a great selection of characters to choose from, most of them from 99. The difficulty will keep you coming back for more since it can get difficult.
The Bad
The gameplay is a little slow with projectile attacks taking forever to hit. The controls are some what unresponsive (you may try to do an attack and it will take the game a few seconds to realize what you just pressed) The music is somewhat annoying.
The Bottom Line
Over all if you've been looking for some GBA fighting games, you might want to pick this one up. If your a fan of the series, you may be a little disappointed with its controls and gameplay. over all though its a pretty solid game with plenty of stuff to keep you entertained.
Game Boy Advance · by Devin Walters (2) · 2010
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Game added January 22, 2006. Last modified February 13, 2024.